Menzel Fest-Blatt - Original Etching by Max Klinger - 1884 1884

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Menzel Fest-Blatt is a fine black and white etching on Japon paper, realized in 1884 by the artist Max Klinger … Read more Menzel Fest-Blatt is a fine black and white etching on Japon paper, realized in 1884 by the artist Max Klinger (Leipzig, 1857- Grossjena 1920), and published in the ''Max Klinger-Album'' in 1925. Signed on plate on lower left corner. In excellent conditions: as good as new Reference: Singer, n. 268 Max Klinger Album Composed of 30 etchings realized by the German master and selected by Johannes Hartmann and Felix Becker, this wonderful portfolio was edited by Siegfried Wagner for the Museumsverein Naumburg . Exactly five years after Max Klinger's death, in 1925, Johannes Hartmann and Felix Becker put together an album containing the artist's 30 most beautiful etchings. Both Hartmann, who managed Klinger's vineyard where the artist was buried, and the art historian that wrote the text accompanying the graphic plates, Felix Becker, had belonged to the Circle of Friends of Klinger are the best friend of Klinger and the best connoisseurs of his art production. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died requires a licence for export regardless of the work’s market price. The shipping may require additional handling days to require the licence according to the final destination of the artwork. See less